The Republican Party was founded on the principle that no human being
should be considered the property of another.

NOTRE DAME DISHONORS ITS CATHOLIC HERITAGE

The University of Notre Dame has invited pro-abortion President
Barack Obama to deliver the 2009 commencement address at this year's
graduation ceremonies. In addition, Mr. Obama will be honored with an
honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. In so doing, Notre Dame has turned its back
on its Catholic identity and flagrantly ignored the instruction by the U.S.
Catholic Bishops in 2004 which said, "The Catholic community and Catholic
institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental
moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms
which would suggest support for their actions. Indeed, the measure of any
Catholic institution is not only what it stands for, but also what it will
not stand for."

John M. D'Arcy, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
has spoken out strongly against Notre Dame's ill advised decision and
refused to attend the graduation. Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of
Phoenix, AZ, Bishop Gregory Aymond of the Diocese of Austin, Texas and
Texas Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, have issued statements expressing their
strong disapproval.

Pro-life groups around the country are urging pro-life donors to
Notre Dame to instead send their contributions to the pro-life organization
of their choice, which would be a far better and more productive use of
their hard earned money.

We haven't heard the end of this story. Whether or not you are
a Catholic, please express your pro-life convictions about this matter to:

Planned Parenthood presented U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton with its highest award, named for Planned Parenthood founder
Margaret Sanger, on Friday, March 27 at its national meeting in Houston,
Texas.

Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist who advocated the development
of a superior race, to be achieved by eliminating religious and ethnic
minorities she referred to as "useless breeders." It is instructive to note
the emphasis Planned Parenthood has historically placed on locating its
abortion clinics in close proximity to minority neighborhoods.

In a letter to Clarence J. Gamble written in 1939, Sanger wrote, "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."

"ENEMY OF THE UNBORN" NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY OF HHS

Calling Kathleen Sebelius, a self-described Catholic, an "enemy
of the unborn," Catholic League President Bill Donohue said the Kansas
Governor's nomination as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services is particularly disturbing because the HHS secretary is one of the
few members of the administration who can directly affect abortion policy.
"Sebelius' support for abortion is so far off the charts that she has been publicly criticized by the last three archbishops of Kansas City," Donohue said in a statement.

In May, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, KS, said
that Sebelius' stance on abortion had "grave spiritual and moral
consequences." He asked that Sebelius no longer receive Communion until she
repudiated her stance and made a "worthy sacramental confession." (CNN
Politics.com, 3/2/09)

Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, commented on
the Sebelius nomination in the March 3 edition of Washington Update. He
said, "The biggest example of the divide between conservatives and the GOP
may be found in President Obama's pick for Secretary of Health and Human
Services (HHS). With the exception so far of Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and
Jim DeMint (R-SC), the nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius
(D-KS)  arguably the most pro-abortion governor in the nation  has been met by the Republican leadership with a collective yawn. Here is a woman who aligns herself against 80% of the country in suggesting that the government knows better than parents in children's health decisions, and yet the GOP can't muster the will to fight her nomination. As governor, she hosted a private reception for a notorious partial-birth abortionist, vetoed bills that would have made abortion clinics cleaner for women, and blocked court reforms that would have helped to prevent third-term abortions. Like President Obama, she even opposed protection for infants who are born alive during an abortion.

"If Republicans won't take a stand now, when will they? Once
Sebelius is confirmed, she will control the largest government agency in America with more power and resources to advance a radical social agenda
that will drive a deeper wedge between parents and their children."

Pro-life Kansans along with pro-lifers everywhere were very
shocked to learn that both of their U.S. Senators  Pat Roberts, who maintains a solid pro-life voting record and Sam Brownback, who has been a pro-life leader in the Senate throughout his tenure  are supporting the nomination of Governor Sebelius. There appears to be no doubt that she will be confirmed, so fasten your seatbelts. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee which will ultimately vote on her confirmation, said that the Committee had several questions for Governor Sebelius, that they were not about "serious things," and that "It's possible she could be done before we go home" for the April Recess. (CQ HealthBeat, 3/25/09)

MICHAEL REAGAN EXAMINES OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING RESEARCH ON EMBRYOS

Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell O.K. Can Kill

By Michael Reagan, March 11, 2009

What President Obama did when he reversed President Bush's executive order
banning embryonic stem cell research was based not on solid science, but his
desire to cater to the anti-life, pro-abortion forces and their media allies
who helped elect him.

In doing this, he created the potential for an outbreak of potentially fatal
cancerous tumors caused by the therapeutic use of embryonic stem cells.

Moreover, he killed another Bush presidential order that funded some of the
most promising research on the creation of embryonic-like stem cells from
harmless but potent adult stem cells.

What President Obama did when he rescinded President Bush's federal ban on
certain lines of embryonic stem cell research ultimately could cost American
lives.

Obama and his subservient mainstream media allies ignored science in favor
of politics, and the results will prove to be disastrous.

What most people are unaware of is that there are three types of stem cell
research: there is embryonic stem cell research (ESC), there is induced
pluripotent (IPSC) research, and adult stem cell research (ASC).

When Barack Obama rescinded George Bush's ban on federal funding on certain
types of embryonic stem cell research he also rescinded Bush's Executive
Order 13435 which had provided federal funding for induced pluripotent stem
cell research using harmless adult stem cells manipulated into mimicking
embryonic stem cells without the risk ESC cells entail.

This is where 72 different diseases are now being remedied or cured.

There are no embryonic stem cells being used anywhere in the world on
humans, with one tragic exception. A boy treated with embryonic stem cells
for a rare genetic disease developed benign tumors, casting doubt on claims
of the therapy's safety and effectiveness.

According to media reports, the boy, now 17, received the ESC stem cells in
2001 at a Moscow hospital and four years later scans showed brain and spinal
tumors. Israeli doctors removed the abnormal growth from his spine and their
tests show it most probably was caused by the stem cells.

The Moscow doctors should have known better. It is well known that lab
animals given embryonic stem cells routinely develop tumors and other
malignant growths that eventually kill them. There is a 100 percent
mortality rate among lab animals that develop these tumors.

That's why George Bush banned this lethal form of research that Barack
Obama, who should have known better, has now legitimized by overturning this
life-saving ban.

The reason that major drug companies such as Merck and Pfizer are not
funding ESC research is because they have seen the research and it scared
the daylights out of them. They realized that if they injected ESC cells
into human beings and like lab animals, they show signs of cancers or
lesions or tumors there will be huge class action suits, because they would
have ignored all of the available data in research that shows that that's
exactly what will happen.

The fact of the matter is embryonic stem cells kill. The research shows
conclusively that they help rats and mice die and an Israeli boy grow
tumors.

Barack Obama rescinded Bush's executive order banning this dangerous
research, which has failed everywhere it has been tried, and then went on to
eliminate funding for some of the most promising research on the use of
pluripotent adult stem cells.

Unfortunately, those opposed to these actions have made the mistake of
concentrating on the pro-life aspects of this controversy, while ignoring
the scientific aspects, which prove our case conclusively.

We can win this case, by concentrating on the science, which is on our side.

Anyone who is willing to inject embryonic stem cell into their bodies needs
to understand that  like the Israeli boy and the lab animals  they will
grow tumors and lesions.

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